Month: September 2024

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The Gist - Colony Calumny

Israel's critics describe it as a colonizer, settler colonizers, in fact. We examine the rational and irrational reasoning behind this as we talk with Adam Kirsch author of On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice. Plus, Tim Pool, amplified by Vladamir Putin and goofball election prognosticator Allan Lichtman, is at it again, with assistance from the entire media.


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Consider This from NPR - Project 2025: Political winner or loser?

Project 2025 - you've probably heard about it. It's a roadmap from the conservative Heritage Foundation for the next Republican president.

It's also been a major talking point for Democrats on the campaign trail. Donald Trump, meanwhile, has tried to disavow it and distance himself.

That's because the plan has attracted negative attention over the ultra conservative policies it endorses like overhauling and eliminating some government agencies, firing thousands of civil servants and a mass deportation campaign.

Project 2025 was created to help the next Republican President execute an extreme conservative agenda. Now it's also become an attack line for Democrats.

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Consider This from NPR - Project 2025: Political winner or loser?

Project 2025 - you've probably heard about it. It's a roadmap from the conservative Heritage Foundation for the next Republican president.

It's also been a major talking point for Democrats on the campaign trail. Donald Trump, meanwhile, has tried to disavow it and distance himself.

That's because the plan has attracted negative attention over the ultra conservative policies it endorses like overhauling and eliminating some government agencies, firing thousands of civil servants and a mass deportation campaign.

Project 2025 was created to help the next Republican President execute an extreme conservative agenda. Now it's also become an attack line for Democrats.

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This Machine Kills - 365. The Pentagon Primes in Silicon Valley (ft. Michael Richardson)

We chat with friend of the show Michael Richardson—author of the new book Nonhuman Witnessing—about the ongoing, deepening relationships between Silicon Valley and the US military. We check up on new activities from old enemies—Y Combinator, Anduril, Palantir, among others—and get into the changing cultures on both sides as they converge around defense innovation as a solution for Silicon Valley’s problems of needing another endless pool of capital and the Pentagon’s problems of needing to maintain a dying empire and beat China in an arms race. ••• Michael’s new book – Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World https://dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing ••• Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm https://www.ft.com/content/17f16071-87e0-4675-a152-6d6285b97fd5 ••• Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories https://www.axios.com/2024/08/08/anduril-14-billion-autonomous-weapons ••• Army chooses Palantir to build next-generation targeting system https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/03/06/army-chooses-palantir-to-build-next-generation-targeting-system/ ••• Palantir Ontology https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/ontology/overview/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.x.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.x.com/braunestahl)
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Unlikely Staying Power Of Jeppson’s Malört

How did a spirit that “tastes like bandaids” and has been the butt of many jokes survive generations and go from a lone bottle collecting dust in the back of bars to so closely linked with Chicago that bartenders and enthusiasts alike tattoo it on their bodies? Well, it has to do with a plucky businessman named George Brode and his secretary Pat Gabelick. Reset learns the history as laid out in a new book from a veteran food writer Josh Noel, author of Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Daily Signal - Hunter Biden on Trial, Harvard Ranked Worst for Free Speech, France Gets New Prime Minister | Sept. 5

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Former President Donand Trump was in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last night for a town hall event with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. 
  • Hunter Biden is back in court on federal charges of failing to pay taxes.  
  • Harvard University ranked worst college for free speech. 
  • A gunman was killed after opening fire near the ​​Israeli Consulate in Munich.
  • France has a new Prime Minister, and he’s conservative.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - How Pitbull got his name on a college football stadium

Recently, singer/rapper/entrepreneur Pitbull agreed to pay $6 million to Florida International University for the naming rights to its football stadium ... an unusual move for both parties: a musician paying for their name on a stadium, and for a college to name their stadium after a musician.

How does this move benefit the college? How does this move benefit Mr. Worldwide?

In today's episode, what Pitbull and FIU's deal tell us about the fast-changing economics of college sports.

Related Episodes:
The monetization of college sports
The Olympian to influencer pipeline

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State of the World from NPR - Seeing a Changed Bangladesh from a Double-Decker Bus

Last month in Bangladesh, street protests grew into a movement that eventually ended the rule of the autocratic prime minister. Now the country is picking up the pieces and charting a new way forward. We board a double-decker bus in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to talk to Bangladeshis about the future.

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The Journal. - A Fed Insider on the Looming Rate Cut

This month, for the first time in over two years, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates. Mary Daly, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, is one of 12 people who will decide how aggressive that cut should be. She talks to Kate about inflation, unemployment, the economy and Taylor Swift. 


Further Listening:

- What the Stock Market Panic Says About the Economy 

- Why the Fed Is Steering Away From Rate Cuts 


Further Reading:

- The Make-or-Break Moment That Will Determine the Economy’s Fate 


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Motley Fool Money - Can AI Build Moats?

It takes more than a buncha buzzwords to build a company.


(00:21) Tim Beyers and Mary Long discuss:

How jobs reports impact investment theses

A tech company’s changing identity

What C3.ai actually does


(14:48) Sanmeet Deo joins Mary for a look at how a chicken restaurant cooks up success.


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Companies discussed: AI, NVDA, MSFT, WING


Host: Mary Long

Guest: Tim Beyers, Sanmeet Deo

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Austin Morgan

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